A small road, winding, narrow and slender, lined with lush vegetation, with three or two shrubs running through it, and no one repaired it, but a little more game from quaint villages.

Sun Fan looked at the surrounding environment and took a slight breath, as if he was enjoying the fresh breath, the surrounding grass and trees were green, and the weeds were noisy. Lin Maolin said: "May I ask why General Sun cherishes it so much?" ”

Sun Fan followed a few people, looked at the road ahead, and said thoughtfully: "General Lin was born in Chang'an, and he may not know that people like us, who debuted in a remote mountain village, are obsessed with mountains and forests. ”

Lin Maolin couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard that he was born in Chang'an, and said: "After General Sun is also a famous family, how can he have such a deep relationship with mountains and forests?" ”

Sun Fan laughed and said: "Born in the mountains and forests, no matter how high your status is, you will always be inseparable from the way in the forest, just like we went out of Sanjiang, and the one who doesn't know how to follow the water and doesn't know how to be flexible?" As the saying goes, by the mountains and rivers, the river is naturally mountainous, and if the two deal with each other more, they will have feelings. ”

Lin Maolin nodded and said, "Yes, I think my family was busy when I was eight years old, and I was chased by tigers, if it wasn't for Uncle Zhou Huang......"

When Sun Fan heard Uncle Zhou Huang, he was instantly interested.

However, at this moment, the little girl suddenly stopped, came to their side, bowed, and could not hide her melancholy in her heart, and said: "Our village is almost here, I hope the two generals will be mentally prepared before going to our village, after all, our village is not very peaceful." ”

The seven boys around spoiled the little girl in every way, and when the little girl walked over, everyone looked at her, with love and hatred in their eyes.

Lin Maolin looked at the little girl and said, "If you have anything, just say it, we can help, if there is anything vague, you can say it." ”

Sun Fan also said: "Terrible child, young but not immature in mind, do you know our current mental activities? ”

The little girl nodded and said helplessly: "Don't bully me small, I'm very shrewd." ”

Although the other seven little boys did not understand very well, they could be said to have infinite envy for this little girl. The eyes were full of anticipation.

The little girl stood in front of the two of them, crossed her hands on her hips, and said confidently and vigorously: "Among the children, I am everyone's eldest sister, don't think about bullying them, I will follow it." Then he looked at Lin Maolin, but Lin Maolin suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly withdrew his gaze, and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, don't think too much, it's just that your little brother is a little strange." ”

Sun Fan also looked at the little boy, only to see that the little boy's face was covered with a piece of gauze, and the gauze wrapped the whole face, but because he had walked for a long time, the road in the mountains was also rugged, and the slight sweat soaked through the gauze.

The little boy looked at them and looked at him, hurriedly pulled the gauze from his face, and walked quickly to the front of the crowd.

The little girl glanced at the little boy and said meaningfully: "Speaking of him, he is also a hard-working child, his father has been paralyzed at home since he was a child, his body is inconvenient, and walking has become a problem, and his mother suddenly suffered from depression for some reason, when he was born, his parents did not take much care of him, let alone education, if it were not for our care."

He, maybe now he might be playing alone in the village. ”

The little girl took a breath and continued, "As for what you can see, there are indeed some problems on his face, which is why he wears a veil all day long, which is also a well-known thing in the village. It all started with a bully in the village."

In a blink of an eye, a group of people have arrived in front of the village, the quaint village, the gate faces south, there is no excessive decoration on the door, only two scattered thick wooden stakes, on the wooden stake, there is a plaque, the plaque is engraved with three big characters of sandalwood village, although it has been rusty, but it can still clearly see the shape of the font.

Sun Fan pointed to the plaque and read aloud: "Sandalwood Village!" It's a good word sandalwood, this plaque and these two pillars should be polished from sandalwood. ”

The little girl nodded and said, "This is indeed sandalwood, and it was made by a senior who first arrived in the village three hundred years ago by cutting a hundred-year-old sandalwood, although it is simple, it is not weak. ”

After a few people passed by the plaque, Lin Maolin paid special attention to the broken wooden stake, and then, his face changed, but most of the people around him were children from the village, and he couldn't do it.

A villager walked in front of him, between which the villager was carrying a hoe on his shoulder, holding the hoe handle in his right hand, his clothes were covered with mud, and his movements were a little bumpy, and he saw the children showing a kind smile, and then when he looked at Lin Maolin and Sun Fan, his face was not so friendly, and the villager came over and said angrily: "Where are you from?" Why did you come to this little mountain village where you were waiting? ”

Lin Maolin didn't feel a trace of anger because of his inquiry, and said in a very casual voice: "One of us is from Chang'an, and the other is from Sanjiang, and after gathering in Chang'an, we met these eight children by chance, and we have important things to discuss with their families. ”

As soon as the name of the village heard that it was a family member looking for eight children, he hurriedly pulled the young man with gauze on his face, patted his buttocks, and said, "What's the trouble again?" Come back with me. ”

The other children were silent, and suddenly a child whispered in Lin Maolin's ear: "General, you don't know, this is the second uncle of that child, who is dedicated and enthusiastic, because of the crime, he almost broke his legs, and now he can only be in the field, doing farm work, to make a living, poor family." ”

Lin Maolin looked at the young man, only to see that although he was wearing a simple coarse cloth clothes, he was not neat and capable, standing next to Lin Maolin, his legs together, his hands naturally placed in front of him, and he spoke like a soldier.

After the group had parted with the veiled boy, they walked straight towards the village, and suddenly, a young man with a gangster spirit, wearing gold and silver utensils around his neck, arms, and hands, walked flutteringly, followed by five men with knives.

Just when they came over, the little girl pushed Lin Maolin and motioned him to step aside, don't anger the ruthless characters in this village, but before Lin Maolin and them left, the five people walked towards Lin Maolin at the pace of the pretentious man, and the young man said arrogantly: "Who are you, you can't enter the village without my permission, otherwise you will be killed." ”

Seeing that there were only two of them, the man looked at the five men standing behind him with weapons, and angrily directed towards Lin Maolin is catharsis, and Lin Maolin blocked the little girl with his hand

Pushing his hand, he stood up and arched his hand: "We were just passing by, and we saw this group of children hunting in the mountains, and then we followed, just to ask for a bowl of water to drink, and we will have it after drinking." ”

That man, where was he so kind, after hearing this, he said unscrupulously: "Drink water? It's easy to do. Stretching out his palm, he made a gesture with two fingers in front of him, as if to say, you have to pay for drinking water.

Lin Maolin politely went to place a copper plate in front of him, and what was unexpected was that the young man slapped the copper plate away, and said with no one in his eyes: "What's the matter with you, don't you know who I am?" Everyone in this village has to pay tribute to me, and if I am placed in the court, I will be the current Emperor's Majesty. ”

When Sun Fan heard this, he was furious, pulled out a long sword from his waist, and stabbed at the man with a wave of his arm, before the five people behind him who were holding weapons and unknown people reacted, the man died under Sun Fan's sword, the action was very simple, but the lethality was very high.

The five people behind the man hadn't reacted yet, because in this village, they can be said to cover the sky with one hand, and there have been a few nosy people occasionally over the years, either like the second uncle of the veil boy, who almost broke his leg, or lying in the land on the mountain forest, the grave grass is half a meter high.

The little girl was just about to go to pull Lin Maolin, but unexpectedly he had already rushed up, one turned sideways, and the spear in his hand directly killed the five people in front of him, Sun and Lin After killing people, they came to the side of the children, and after looking at their faces with a little fear, they comforted: "Don't be afraid, uncle only kills bad people." ”

Where have the children seen murder, when they see that the village bully who had been bullying them has been killed, although their faces are full of hatred, and there is a little disgust in the hatred.

The first to come back to her senses from the shock was the little girl, who saw that when the little girl came to Lin Maolin, she whispered: "General Lin, the bully in this village is actually a bad boy in the village who was a child in the village when the bandits in the mountains were looking for to manage the village, let everyone work in the fields, and pay a fixed amount of money and food to the bandit cottage that month." ”

Lin Maolin asked: "Then the court doesn't care?" ”

The girl replied, "General Lin, you don't know, the roads on both sides of this place are narrow, and there are bandit camps outside the mountains and forests, and the country is powerless to manage it." ”

Lin Maolin said in surprise: "Are you saying that you are a bandit village here?" ”

The girl nodded.

Lin Maolin asked again: "Then haven't you thought about resisting?" Or move out of the village? ”

The little girl shook her head and said helplessly: "I also asked my parents, and they secretly discussed it behind their backs, we can't leave this village, there are things we have to protect, sandalwood not only symbolizes the village, but also symbolizes a mysterious existence, because of this existence, it is impossible to leave even if you survive under the butcher's knife of the bandits." ”

When Lin Maolin heard the things he was guarding, he refreshed himself and asked angrily, "Can I know what it is?" ”

Sun Fan was also interested, and when he came over, his eyes lit up, and his attention was focused on his ears, trying to hear what was worthy of this village to protect.

At this moment, the spear in Lin Maolin's hand faintly had an extra crack, and the crack was clearly visible, more clear and profound than before.